Features Career Opportunities Read IDRC’s Employment Philosophy "Compartimos" - December 2005 Access the recently published bulletin Call for Proposals from Developing-Country Competition Authorities: Research Grants on Competition Issues in the Distribution Sector 2005-09-21 A second round of this competition is now open with a deadline of 28 February 2006. All competition authorities are invited to apply, even if they submitted in the first round. CONVOCATORIA - Becas de Género y Recursos Naturales 2006-01-31 Tesis de Maestría y Licenciatura en gestión de recursos naturales desde la dimensión de género. Fecha límte: 20 de febrero de 2006 UPE Announces the Selection of its First Five Focus Cities to Lead CAD $1.2 Million Research Projects on Urban Poverty and the Environment 2006-01-11

IDRC has worked in close collaboration with Latin Americans since 1971. The Centre's operations in Latin America and the Caribbean are guided by a regional office located in Montevideo, Uruguay. This office coordinates the Centre's operations in 49 countries, in a territory extending from Mexico to the southern tip of Argentina and Chile. In the past 30 years, IDRC has supported 1,957 research projects directed and managed by Latin American and Caribbean researchers and institutions. A series of Country Profiles provides an overview of IDRC's work in the region by country and includes project highlights.

Research related to social and economic equity is the largest focus of IDRC's support in the region. Because many of the region's problems have concrete manifestations in urban settings where most of the population lives, urban issues are also a priority, using community-based approaches linked to policy frameworks.

Research supported in Latin America and the Caribbean focuses on a number of broad, interrelated areas:

• Peacebuilding and conflict management in Central America where a number of countries are emerging from periods of prolonged internal conflict and civil war.
  
• The design, reform, and governance of social safety nets and services.
  
• Investigations of opportunities and constraints for policymaking in the context of growing international trade and financial integration.
  
• Understanding the multiple and competing uses of natural resources to arrive at more inclusive community-based resource management decisions.
  
• Promoting the principles of sustainable development of the mining sector.
  
• Processes and mechanisms to share water resources equitably.
  
• Improving the management of environmental change for better human wellbeing.
  
• Strengthening policy toward equitable access to information and communication technologies, and to information.
  
• Exploring opportunities for supporting research on the information economy.

(This Web site operates mainly in Spanish)

• Funding Opportunities
  Advice and assistance for researchers on how to approach IDRC for financial support, and support to those who have already received IDRC funding.

• Awards, Grants and Position Announcements
  Information on Awards and Competitions in the LAC Region offered by several IDRC programs and partners.

• What's new?
  This section of our website provides up to date information on IDRC activities in the LAC region. Check this site frequently for the latest on upcoming events, new publications, etc.

• Conferences and Seminars
  

• Publications and Research Resources
  

• Press clippings in the LAC Region
  Articles published in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region's media.

• Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
  A  catalogue of IDRC-funded research in the area.

• Contact Information
  How to get in touch with our offices around the world.